Gilbert Parker

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#foolish #haunt #memory #our #refuge

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#continent #distance #eyes #hath #knows

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#end #evasion #good #good end #guilt

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#broken heart #heart #kills #pride

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#love #much #passes #root

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#friend #greatest #man #memory #worst

For when a child is born the mother also is born again. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#also #born #child #mother

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#never #people #think #try #trying

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#knew #lie #silence #speech

There is no influence like the influence of habit. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#influence #like